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Dr.

Fatima Usman MCPS Islamabad Medical & Dental College

series of bars appear in the wall of pharynx

around primitive stoma Develops -- end of 3rd week Consist of pharyngeal arches, pouches and clefts

 Mesenchymal in origin  Typical arch contains


Aortic arch--develops into

artery Cartilaginous rod -- (bony skeleton) Muscles Nerves

Six in number Fifth arch disappears while fourth and sixth fuse

with each other each arch develops into muscle, vessel, bone and nerve

Bones

Maxilla Mandible Malleus Incus Muscles muscles of mastication Nerve Mandibular branch of trigeminal nerve (Vth) Artery Maxillary artery ( Branch of External carotid )

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